Natural hazards · Mesquite

Mesquite, NM natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mesquite comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Mesquite?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mesquite to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding49%Drought41%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Mesquite faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Drought

41% of expected damage

Recorded about 61 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Mesquite flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Mesquite.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Mesquite isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Dona Ana County.

Disasters that hit Mesquite

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Mesquite itself: aid to households, or repair grants to Mesquite.

Brought FEMA money into MesquiteDeclared for Dona Ana County only

2025

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

46 households applied for aid $607K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

Dona Ana County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Mesquite is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Mesquite’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Mesquite. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.